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Strangers on a Train

It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!

7.7(1,954)19511h 41m15

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.2M
Box office
$7M
Language
French
  • infidelity
  • island
  • based on novel or book
  • perfect crime
  • psychopath
  • obsession
  • detective
  • suspicion
  • theory
  • carousel
  • lighter
  • film noir

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PG27 Jun 1951
    • TheatricalPG30 Jun 1951
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical2 Aug 1951
    • PhysicalPGVHS28 Jul 1988
    • TheatricalPG29 Apr 1999
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical23 Oct 1952
    • Digital / OTTM1 Jul 2020
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 May 1952
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical12+DVD1 Apr 2001
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1110 Mar 1952
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-167 Mar 1952
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP9 Jan 1952
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical121 Feb 1952
    • TVZDF29 Sept 1969
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG2 Aug 1951
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical4 Mar 1952
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG9 May 1953

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Strangers on a Train was released on 27 June 1951.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CharlesTheBold

    3/12/2017

    The "strangers on a train" are Guy, a successful athlete in an unhappy marriage, and Bruno, an amoral playboy. Bruno suggests a perfect crime whereby Guy can get rid of his wife without being suspected, and he convinces himself that Guy has agreed to it. Bruno is obviously evil, but what about Guy? Is he is respectable as he claims? Is his wife that bad, or is Guy really a social climber who wants to be rid of…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/22/2024

    7/10

    Tennis pro "Haines" (Farley Granger) is quietly travelling in the club car of a train when his neighbour "Bruno" (Robert Walker) strikes up a conversation. It all seems innocuous enough, the former man is an accomplished player and it seems to him that this is a fan, of sorts, who just wants some company as he drowns his journey in Scotch. What quickly becomes clear from this chat is that both have people in their li…

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